Robert Sismour
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
********@*****.*** / 206-***-****
Summary Experienced Business Analyst and Business Objects Developer.
Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
Experience Senior Consultant, US Navy, SPAWAR, New Orleans, LA 6/2008
to 5/2009
Independent Contractor, Full time travel
Team lead. Created universes and reports in Web Intelligence and
modified 'open document' reports. Gathered requirements. Solved
complex report and design issues. Training and created training
materials. Tracked defects with Dimensions PVCS.
Environment: Business Objects XIr2, Designer, WEBI, TOAD, Oracle
Senior Consultant, Various Clients, WA & CA 6/2004 to 6/2007
Independent Contractor
Team Lead responsible for establishing design standards,
accurately documenting business requirements, creating
functional specifications and directing solution delivery
including user acceptance testing and training. Created ad-hoc
and metric universes, dashboards with performance management and
reports. Coordinated team activities and solved complex report
and data issues. Tracked defects using Quality Center.
Environment: Business Objects 5x thru XIr2, Reporter, Security,
Designer, WEBI, TOAD, Oracle
Daugherty Business Solutions, Oak Brook, IL 9/2002 to 1/2004
Consultant for Seattle Client
Gathered business requirements and documented functional
specifications. Designed Business Objects universes, reports and
user interface to meet client distribution and use requirements.
Participated in designing security domain and scheduling.
Environment: Business Objects 6.0, WEBI, Reporter, Supervisor,
Designer, Broadcast Agent, Oracle
Professional Association of Contract Employees, Pleasant Hill, CA
2/2002 to 7/2002
Independent Contractor, Full time travel
Analyzed reporting environment including distribution plans,
documented business requirements and determined feasibility for
Business Intelligence prototype. Responsible for Business
Objects development and client mentoring.
Environment: Business Objects 5.6, Reporter, Supervisor,
Designer, Broadcast Agent, Oracle
Logan/Britton, Wilmington, MA 2/2001 to 12/2001
Senior Consultant, Full time travel
Business Objects design, development, documentation and
mentoring. Created reports incorporating HTML to replace
existing web pages. Designed report master combining multiple
specifications for faster development, documentation and
knowledge transfer.
Environment: Business Objects 5.0, Reporter, Supervisor,
Designer, WEBI, Broadcast Agent, SQL Server
Bank One, Columbus, OH 1997 to 2001
Risk Analyst
Responsible for Business Objects universe design and
documentation. Directed database design modifications to satisfy
report requirement specifications. Also responsible for
technology assessment and implementation.
Environment: Business Objects 4.1/5.0, Reporter, Supervisor,
Designer, Broadcast Agent, DB2-UDB
Education Master of Accountancy Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA - 1990
B.S. Finance Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA - 1989